G10 Geomorphology Revision

Question 1

A flat landform made when horizontal strata is uplifted is called a..

Accepted Answer

platuea

Question 2

Which of the following seismic waves is the slowest?

Accepted Answer

Surface Waves

Question 3

Which of the following mountain ranges is an example of fault-block mountains?

Accepted Answer

The Grand Tetons, Great African Rift Valley

Question 4

At which region are earthquakes most likely to happen?

Accepted Answer

Convergent Plate Boundaries, Transform Plate Boundaries

Question 5

A Batholith is a small igneous intrusion that forms underground.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Which of the following does NOT support the hypothesis of seafloor spreading?

Accepted Answer

Impact Craters are found on many continents

Question 7

What happens to continental lithosphere when it becomes LESS massive (when it becomes LIGHTER)?

Accepted Answer

It rises up in elevation (Uplift)

Question 8

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

An Earthquake's epicenter is on the surface of Earth, An Earthquake's focus is usually in Earth's interior

Question 9

When rock layers break and move along a specific plane they are undergoing ___________________

Accepted Answer

Reverse or Thrust Faulting, Normal Faulting

Question 10

Deep ocean trenches form when:

Accepted Answer

Ocean Crust collides with Continental Crust, Ocean Crust collides with Oceanic Crust

Question 11

The mantle is about 2900 km thick. It is thicker over the continental plates and thinner over the oceanic plates.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Alfred Wegener was a German scientist who proposed the hypothesis of ______________.

Accepted Answer

Continental Drift

Question 13

When tectonic plates are moving away from each other they form a _________________

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 14

Which of the following is true about earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Deep-Focus quakes occur less often than Shallow-Focus quakes, Deep-Focus quakes are more intense than Shallow-Focus quakes

Question 15

The group of plate boundaries ,indicated by lines of volcanoes,that surrounds the Pacific Ocean is commonly known as

Accepted Answer

The Ring of Fire

Question 16

Folded mountain ranges usually form when:

Accepted Answer

Continental Crust collides with Continental Crust

Question 17

When tectonic plates are moving sideways relative to each other they form a _________________

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 18

When tectonic plates are moving toward each other they form a _________________

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT evidence in support of continental drift (or plate tectonics in general)?

Accepted Answer

Meteorite Craters

Question 20

Which of the following seismic waves is the fastest?

Accepted Answer

Primary (P) Waves

Question 21

Which of the following mountain ranges formed as continental crust crashed into continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Himalayan Mountains, Cape Fold mountains

Question 22

Rock structures that form underground are a result of..

Accepted Answer

Intrusive volcanic activity

Question 23

Which of the following is a form of rifting?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

Question 24

The Moho is the boundary between the _____________________________-

Accepted Answer

Crust and Mantle

Question 25

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic Lithosphere is mostly Mafic

G10 Geomorphology Revision

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